Hubble Marching orders

On 23 Jan 2005 09:24:09 -0800, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
Middle East?

Not as many as could have been paid for with the trillions spent on
failed "social welfare" programs over the past forty years.

Do you have a point? An intelligent one, I mean.

Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?

wrote:
So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
Middle East?

How many could be funded with the billions the US spends on
lipstick every year? A fair number either way. What's your
point?

Fafnir wrote:
No, I blame the cancellation of Hubble on Bush.

He is, after all, president.

Fair enough. Though, strictly speaking, he's not entirely
responsible for Hubble being 15 years old.

wrote:

:So how many Hubbles, how many missions (perhaps even manned) to Mars
:could be paid for with the billions we've spent on our "mission" in the
:Middle East?

Zero.

How many political loons like you could be educated for the money
we're going to spend on going to Mars?

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On 23 Jan 2005 21:22:52 -0000, in a place far, far away, Thialfi
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

It's ultimately a matter of political will. If enough folks
really wanted a
manned mission to Mars, the money would have been found.


It's a matter of leadership.

Kennedy had it, Bush doesn't.

Then how is that he got the budget for his new exploration program
through Congress?

Rand Simberg wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:32:59 GMT, in a place far, far away,
h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:


Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?


Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

So you ARE a space expret!

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On 23 Jan 2005 23:33:30 -0000, in a place far, far away, Thialfi
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

It's a matter of leadership.

Kennedy had it, Bush doesn't.

Then how is that he got the budget for his new exploration
program
through Congress?

He didn't.

He didn't? Were you on some other planet in November?

Do try to keep up...

Pot, kettle on line one.

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:32:59 GMT, in a place far, far away,
h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?

Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

Thialfi wrote in
:

In article
h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On 23 Jan 2005 21:22:52 -0000, in a place far, far away,
Thialfi
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a
way as to indicate that:

It's ultimately a matter of political will. If enough folks
really wanted a
manned mission to Mars, the money would have been found.


It's a matter of leadership.

Kennedy had it, Bush doesn't.

Then how is that he got the budget for his new exploration
program
through Congress?

He didn't.

You are incorrect. Bush's original FY05 budget proposal for NASA was
$16.244 billion. The House cut Bush's request to $15.149 billion; the
Senate to $15.579 billion. After a veto threat by the president and a
threat by the House Majority Leader to kill the appropriations bill, a
House-Senate conference agreed upon a figure of $16.200 billion, plus an
unprecedented provision to allow NASA to reallocate funds within that
figure as it sees fit.

Do try to keep up...

You are the one who needs to keep up. Your position is false and your
ignorance needs to be corrected.


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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:17:33 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Greg D.
Moore \(Strider\)" made the phosphor
on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Geez, the loons are out in force today. Is there a full moon?


Hey, I just went outside and looked tonight. The moon *is* full...

So you ARE a space expret!

Not really. I'ts not full until Tuesday. :-)

I was just going on the visual aspect. Looks pretty full right now.

Apparently it's full enough to bring out the monthly loons (though
sadly some of them hang out here month around).